Return, No Return
A lyrical essay published by Demeter Press in the anthology Borderlands and Crossroads: Writing the Motherland (2016), edited by Laurie Kruk and Jane Satterfield
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The woman looks up, surprised by her accent, and immediately asks the ubiquitous question of this territory: “Where are you from?” A pause as she considers she’s about to say something she’s never said before. “I was born here...” It feels like a song.